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The Etiquette of Retiring.

1t is always a debatable point of eti-
Quette whether hostess or guests make
the first movement to go to bed, and
thus break up the evening gathering.
The guest may be overcome with IA
tigue from u days journey, the host
NAV be fidgeting under the strain OF
entertainment, and longing for the
guest to show some sign by which he
may gracefully and Hospitality suggest
that it is growing ate.' yet neither
quite like to appear, as they think, i'm.
polite. In fact, many visitors have sui.
f red agonies in trying to be agreeable,
while the host and hostess were doing
their best to suppress their yawns and
to make conversation, until chance Of.
fered solution o. the difficulty. There
Is, however, but oae rule TO be followed
in this relationsh p Of host and lost IS
and the hour Of retirement. The uost
and hostess must always take the
tiative. AMI say an appropriate "
rs to the lateness OF the hour ~
desrsbility Of going 10 bed 40
rhid CAL
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-16
HOUSEKEEPING MELODIES.
TENNESSEE


Sing a song OF cleaning housel
Pocketful OF nailsl
Four-and-twenty dust.pans,
Scrubbing -hrooms and pals!
When the door is opened,
Wife begins to sing:
"Just help me move this bureau here,
And hang this picture won't you, deari
And tack that carpet by the door,
And stretch this one a little more,
And drive this nail and screw this screw;
And here's "A job have for you
This closet door win never catch,
think you'll have to fix the latch.
And oh, while you're about it, John,
I wish you'd put the cornice on,
And hang this curtain, when you're done
I'll handy up the other one;
This box has got to have hinge
Before 1 can put on the fringe;
And won't you mend that broken chairf
I'd like hook put up right there.
The bureau drawer must have a knob;
And there's another little job
l really hate to ask you, dear
But could you fix u bracket heref'
And on it goes, when these are through,
With this and that and those to do,
Ad i1fnitNm and more too
All in merry jingle
And isn't it enough to make
man wish he was single? (Almost)
Carrie W. Bronson, in Good Housekeeping.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-16
Bedding for Stock.

1t is not remembered as it should be
that, no matter how well fed. if the
stock are compelled to either stand all
the time or lie where their bedding is
wet, or there is none at all, they will
not thrive. Many of the ailments of
animals are brought on by the damp
and uncomfortable quarters they are
compelled to occupy. Rheumatism,
CONGESTION of the bowels and other
troubles may be brought on by an ami
nal having to lie on wet bedding for
only single night. In the case of
fattening animals it will be found that
large amount of food is wasted where
they are not proper y housed : r bed
ded. Material for bedding can be sup
piled so cheaply on most farms that
there is no excuse for neglect in this
direction. Montreal Witness.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-16

"A New Orleans parrot was very
much annoyed by two doves that, as
soon as she stepped out of her cage.
rushed in and ate up all the food there.
One day, after apparent profound
thought, the parrot stepped out # the
cage, and then turned and with great
care shut the door after her. Tho
squawk of triumph she then gave
showed that she knew that she had
done we'll.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-04-16

English Steamed Pudlin-: Ono
cup of molasses, one-half cup of butter,
and one cup of sweet m TX, teaspoon
tut of soda, a teaspOonful Of different
spices, one cup of cH.nN.d raislns.
three and a half cups Steam
two or three hours. -,'. . Hork.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
AN ARISTOCRATIC PAUPER.
He Could Speak Several Languages, Blu
Could Not Earn His Own Living.

He Could Speak Several Languages, But
Could Not Earn His Own Living.
A man who for the past two years has
been an inmate of the Ethan (Kent) Work
house, under the assumed name of wilton
Toward" died suddenly from heart disease.
He was evidently by birth and education a
gentleman, and his conduct while in the
workhouse had been most exemplary. He
spoke Hindostanee, French and German
with fiuencv, and was equally well ac-
quainted with Greek and Latin. His own
account of himself was that he was of good
family, and that at one time he was in pos
session of considerable fortune. For many
years he served in India as an officer in the
East India Company's service, and retired
with a pension. Later on in life, having lost
his fortune through injudicious Investments
in mines, he commuted his pension, and was
equally unfortunate in specializing with the
amount he received. AT Constantinople he
was seized with paralysis which incapaci-
tated him from work, and, coming home, he
stopped at several watering-places, until he
became destitute at Folkestone. He seems
to have exhausted his friends, and he had no
other resource but to obtain an order for the
work house from the relieving officer. At
that time he was elegantly dressed. His
manners and bearing were always courteous
and dignified. He refused money gifts when
offered him, and had great horror of dying
pauper. He carefully concealed his name
his reason being, he said, that he expected to
come into small estate, and he should not
like it to be known that he had been an in
mate of a workhouse. AT his death his linen
was found to be marked with an earl's coro-
net, and he has left a will, but no clue to his
identity.-lS. James (L0ndOn) Gazette.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

save in the presence of that solitary
wanderer.
At Whampoa, a moderate sized town,
which itself possesses some of the most
beautiful of these pagodas, all the
foreign ships in those days anchored. 1t
was fifteen miles from Canton, and the
anchorage formed a sort of floating
European capital where much hospitality
and good-fellowship prevailed. Not a
single steamer, as before said, was to be
seen, excepting a little British gunboat
sent up to Canton occasionally to bring
down Sycee silver, part of the indemnity
money paid to England by China as one
of the privileges of the late war. This
little paddler always made an immense
commotion among the Chinese craft as
it went kissing and suffering to and
fro, and was regarded with dread as a
veritable "foreign devil" No such
wonder as a steam engine, land or ma
rine. then existed in all China.
Far more interesting in those days to
me, however, were the grand old ships of
the famous East India Company. That
mighty corporation still existed in name,
shorn of its vast privileges and powers
by the British government, but noble
relics of its sovereign sway were still
left in these grand old two and three
deckers, manned by hundreds of Lascars
and looking loftily down upon the
modern clippers like the ancient peers
of the realm on newly mobiles.
One especially do l remember of these
monarchs of the main, now as utterly
swept out of existence as the line-of-
battle ships of Nelson She was called
the Earl of Balcawes, and was
of such capacity that she could
stow away $4,000 chests of tea in
her hold, without putting pound on
her main deck. 1t was noble sight to see
her under sail, and the boats crew of her
captains gig always excited my admira-
ton. Beautifully dressed in their Hin
doc costume with brilliant turbans and
jackets, they pulled with a man-o'-war
precision, and l thought the captain
favored mortal, while he hardly deigned
to look at us, rowed as we were
NANNY daddy" by four ugly tarred
ragamuffins. 0sMoND TIFFANY.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

already described, and step by step
for 500 feet cut our way in the ice
with Ratchet. The leader cut until
fatigued, then went to the rear; so the
Ratchet was going constantly. Before the
settling of the fog, the rocks surround
ing the crater could be seen. Our goal
seemed at hand, and we plodded on in
the dark. At the top of this incline our
fatigue was almost overwhelming.
Mutiny again arose, stronger than ever.
We could not see twenty feet in any
direction. If we pressed on, good luck
might bring us to warm bed in the
crater before night. If we failed
it would be impossible to get back. We
were so chilled that our teeth were
chattering Our strength and provisions
were gone. Miss the crater, and death
was sure. The leader reported another
cliff between us and the crater, as
arduous as the one just climbed. That
decided us. We must get to shelter
below before dark. With one longing
look we began descending. 1t was more
rapid than we had anticipated. We slid
distances on our feet, and again not on
our feet, though with decided preference
for the latter mode. After an hours
descent broken cloud showed the crater
and where we had stopped. 1t was al
most at the top. 1t was aggravating but
too late to ascend again. Wemade care
full memoranda for our next attempt,
when we shall reach the top.
At seven o'clock fire some distance
below gladdened us. Our friends were
there with food and comfort. We
shouted weakly, then fired our rev divers
in the air, receiving strong shouts and a
volley in reply. BY nine we had
wrapped ourselves in double blankets.
after warm meal, and heard of the
preparations made to search for us next
day. We were glad that our friends
were ready for risks for our sake, though
the crater would not tempt them several
days before.
The next day we recuperated. Our
blackened, chapped, cracked, Drowned
faces and hands, and our tattered gar
ments-our slides were not always as we
would have ordered-gave us sorry ap-
pearance. Our mouths and lips were
raw from sucking snow, and we needed
all the attention we got. One week after
leaving Seattle we were back at our
6,500feet- elevation camp amid the flow
ers. Two days more we enjoyed our
meals at Seattle.
Bayley's account of his ascent, l be-
lieve, is the only literature on the sub
the top, gently inclining from each other,
the western being the larger. He warmed
himself at the jets of steam so earnestly
craved by the Seattle party, and slept a
night in the crater. E. G. SAvIDGE.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
A FRIGHT AT A WEDDING.
She Meant to Throw vitriol, But It Was
Merely Scented Water.

A Paris wedding party recently had ter
rible fright while reveling in restaurant.
The bride and bridegroom were, after good
dinner, waltzing and polkaing with their
relatives and friends. Midnight was fast
approaching, and the fun, as is usual at this
sort of entertainment, was of most lively,
not to say boisterous kind, when suddenly
tlower-girl made her appearance on the
scene and offered bouquets for sale. The
ladies and gentlemen of the company, taken
with her winning ways, eagerly bought up
her nosegays, and ut last the girl walked up
to the happy couple to present them, as
every one imagined, with the prettiest bou-
quet of the lot. What was the CONSERVATION
OF the bystanders when the young woman,
by rapid movement. drew a phial from her
basket and threw its contents into the faces
of the newly-married pair. The roars of
laughter gave place. to shrill screams.
attendant SWANS, with horror and dis
may depicted on their countenances,
stroye to bring them round: The
bride and bridegroom, surrounded by
their parents and the elders of the party.
fancied that their last hour had come, and,
believing that they were irretrievably disfig-
ured, opened and shut their eyes to find out
if they had been bereft of sight. few of
the hangers-on rushing up to the fower-girl
who had converted all their enjoyment and
festivity into anguish and mourning, held
her fast pending the arrival of the police. In
a few moments the brides father coming up
took the girl into a corner and learned from
her lips thatshe had been for three years the
mistress of his new son-in-law, that their in
tlmacy had been productive of the usual re-
suit, and, in short, that she had been basely
deserted by her lover. Such was the story.
In the meantime a doctor, who had been
hastily summoned, pronounced that the
"vitrioP was the most innocent of liquids.
The flower girl, surprised and much put out,
declared that she had bought it at chemists
ately dispatched to the shob in S Question: t but
soon ascertained that the woman had merely
been supplied with tinted water, as her man.
ner was so strange that it had aroused sus-
piciOn.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
A PLUCKY TYPEWRITER.
The Girl Who Deserves Both Good For
tune and IL Good Husband.

The Girl Who Deserves Both Good For
tune and Good Husband.
A daintily- clad little woman-she was one
of the best operators as well as the prettiest
whom | had noticed several times in a
downtown type-writing office, was missing
from her desk the other day. The plump
prosperous-looking head of the establish
ment smoothed down some rebellious red
dish-brown locks as she explained:
~ didn't expect to keep her long" she
said. ''She came to me year ago to learn
the business, and her mother-she wore
diamonds-came with her, half apologizing
for the daughters within. The two of them
wore gowns that turned the heads of the
whole office, and looked as if they had
money enough and to spare. 1t turned out
when was IN my new apprentices conf
dence little that she was engaged to law
student-an impecunious one-and they
wanted to marry as soon as he was admitted
to the bar Papa had absolutely refused his
consent, and mamma frowned on the whole
thing So what does my lady do but get
permission, without assigning any reason
for the freak, to learn type-writing-she is
studying shorthand, too-having taken the
idea into her head that if she and her law
student chose to marry when the time came
she could support the family until the
appearance of some fees. They had the
knot tied couple of days ago, the household
powers to the contrary notwithstanding
and are taking weeks holiday somewhere
be ready for work when she came back, and
/ think she will She has been earning 81 a
week, and is about expert enough to get $40
now. That will help them out for while
though fancy her husband won't leave her
here long."-ItdidndpOl Journal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03

leader passed around and over a huge
boulder, out of our sight, and we were
horror stricken to hear the rafting of
stones down the mountain. But he reap
peared in q few moments, having re-
gained his footing after a short slide.
We cheered, carefully, again, that we
might not disturb our own equilibrium,
and crawled toward him. Our nerves
were fast being unstrung. "If / once
get out of this" said some one behind
me, ~ will 60 home and thank God"
There were some silent amens, too.
We backed up to this boulder and
rested. Our elevation was 10000 feet.
Ascent further by this way, we saw, was
absolutely impossible; our risk along the
ledge had been for naught In the same
careful manner we returned to the $500
feet elevation, and lunched, while consid-
ering future movements. Here two more
left US. We now were six. The rest, how
ever, agreed we could make the summit
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
The Difficulties of Stanley.

The well-known explorer Grenfell, who
has just returned to Europe, says that the
scarcity of food on the lower Congo which
so greatly embarrassed Stanley, and COM
PEELED his large force for some weeks to live
almost solely upon hippopotamus meat, was
Bateke, who inhabit both banks of the
river for long way, prefer to live by trading
their ivory for goods, raising barely enough
food for their own use. The great demand
for food this year exhausted their meagre
store: They have gone hungry themselves,
and have been driven by short supplies to
put more land into crops and to extend their
fisheries Mr. Grenfell believes the lesson
will be salutary, and that the Bateke, seeing
that they can make food-raising as profit
able as the ivory trade, will begin cultivating
the land upon large scale. The principal
white stations are now encouraging the ma
tives near there to raise food to sell to the
whites.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
A BAD MOUTHFUL,
What an Oregon Shepherd Dog Got for
Biting a POrcupine.

What an Oregon Shepherd Dog Got for
Biting a POrcupine.
NJ. Marothers, who has just returned to
this county from a trip through the Big
Bend, previous to locating up there, reports
that on last Sunday week, while in the vi.
cinity of Emigrant Springs, travelling in COM
pany with his brother-in-law, they saw a
small animal off on the side hill and not
recognizing the peculiar character of the
beast, set shepherd dog that was with them
on it. The dog Immediately pounced upon
it, but no sooner had it done so than it
pounced' off again, rolled over the ground
and clawed at its mouth with both fore feet
and carried on in a manner which indicated
that it was suffering untold agony.
The men, of course by this time knew
that 1t was porcupine and that the dogs
mouth was full of the quilts, which they
would be compelled to get out if they saved
the dog. They attempted to hold the poor
brute while they extracted the quilts, but it
did not seem to understand what was wanted
and continued to tear around like a mad dog,
and thinking of no other way to put him out
of his misery, they took a rock and mashed
his skull. The porcupine was soon dis
patched, having lain upon the ground in a
perfect ball while the dog was cavorting
around.-GOldenddle (Ore.) Sentinel.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
GIVE WERE KILLED.
An Amusing Incident of Sham Fight of
the French Army.

All AhciuchS VI a VI
the French Army.
An old soldier may be depended upon to
take good care of himself, and even in asham
fight he will not expose himself to unneces-
sary fatigue, if it be hot day. This is illus
trated by an incident which took place
shortly after the grand review following the
return of the French army from the Italian
campaign. Marshal Mcmahon had ordered
a sham fight, intending to reproduce the
field of Magenta for the benefit of the new
and untried soldiers. Here is what followed :
His very best officers led the various move
ments in person. The day proved to be ex-
ceedingly warm. The clouds which had at
first obscured the sun were fioated off by a
puff which went with them, and the heat
poured down oppressively.
In one ofthe attacking divisions were two
griZzled, battle-scarred veterans-a sergeant
and a cannonier-who had helped Mcmahon
to win his laurels in the Crlmea and who
had stood stoutly by him in Italy, brave as
the bravest, and true as steel.
These two heroes took it into their heads,
when charge had been ordered, that they
would rest, so they withdrew and threw
themselves down in the shadow of the hedge
where the watchful marshal espied them.
"Ha What is this ?' cried the duke, rid
ing to the spot What my braves of Mala-
koff do you shirk your duty? See how
grandly your division is chargingr'
Pardon, marshal" said the old sergeant
1--WE were with Castellane's battery-we were
killedP'
The marshal smiled and rode away, and
presently sent a vivandiere to care for his dead
children.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-09-03
"WORTH|NCTON'S.'
WHAT 1T is.

DIR. wORTHINGTON'S CHOLERA AND
DIARRHGA MEDICINE is the formula
and prescription of a distinguished ply
stefan, whose name it bears, and has been In
use for over twenty five years, the acknowl-
edged specific for all those troubles of the
stomach and bowels which result from
change of climate, weather and diet, from
the oppressive heat of summer and ma
larial poison. 1t has withstOod the crucial
the award of perfect medicine. Upon
these established merits it has become a
proprietary preparation, of which the I'M
dersigned the sole proprietors; but
unlike such generally it has long since
been adopted into the practice of the lead
ing physicians of the South. So popular
did it become as a remedy for camp dysen-
terry and diarrhea, incident to gross food,
long marches and damp beds in the
Southern Army, that Surgeon General
Moore, C. S. A., made the following requisi-
ton: "If DIR. Worthinston can furnish
large quantities of his medicine, we will
place 1t in the army remedy for bowel
affections" 1t was afterward prepared for
this purpose by the barrelful and wrought
marvellous cures; indeed, it was the never
failing specific which sustained the health
Not less effective where the latent germs of
cholera develop into a striding plague, 1t
Summer Complaint Ctaken In accordance
with directions), and no mother need look
with dread upon the ordinary bowel COM
plants of her infant while this great rem
edy can be had of every druggist. Its spe-
cific action is anonymous, but not narcotic,
as affording even a chance of producing
too radical a change or rapid reaction. On
the contrary, its operation is gentle and its
main virtue is a warmth giving sustenance
to the depleted functions, which it rebuilds
and revives. To all arrangement of the
bowels there is a consequent arrangement
of the stomach, expressed in dyspepsia, in
digestion and cramps, for which it is in
like manner a sure cure. Eminent ply
sicians make no hesitation in certifying to
its curative elements and manifest re-
luctance in saying that they use it with I'M
varying success in their general practice
Distinguished people of other ranks testify
to benefits they have derived from 1t, and
upon such a basis 1t is fully worthy of the
confidence of the public and of the profess
sion. At the low price of 25 cents 1t is
within the reach of all.
THE CHARLES A. voGELER CO.,
Baltimore. Md.
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above would rattle down the glacier, re-
verberating for long moments after.
Our attempts at yarns and jokes
were failures. We were awed back
into silence. We were too close to
the sublimity for levity. The morning was
welcome, and before far spent saw us
at the head of the Carbon-river glacier
At $500 feet of elevation we reduced
the weight of our packs by leaving
blanket apiece under huge chunk
of ice for anchorage. A short dis
lance further two of our number
deserted, returning to permanent camp.
At 9,700 feet we reached a narrow
ledge of volcanic rock overlooking
miles below. We thought we could see
Puget sound to the north. Though no
smoke was within miles of our position,
the deeper valleys were hidden with it.
Our next climb inundated the bravest
of us at first. The coil of rope was put
to use here. Binding it around the waist
of the leader and about the left arm of
the rest, we moved upward. The course
ran along shelving bank of hard snow
where a misstep would send the party
thousands of feet below. At one point
we straddled a fissure and scram-
bled along on all tours. 1t was a
terrible strain to crawl on the ice thus,
guarding not only our own safety, but
momentarily expecting to be the anchor
age of the entire party, should comrades
slip.
Reaching a narrow bridge of ice
covered with loose fragments, we
stopped for consultation. The footing
was so precarious that the slipping
of a comrade would carry the whole
party down; so we unbound, and let
each man assume his risk alone. Our